WWE Crown Jewel SCOOPS THREAD: Free content, writers/producers, Debunkathon (Patreon)

Welcome to our WWE Crown Jewel SCOOPS Thread. We have a huge weekly update, as well as details from today's Crown Jewel. We will update this as the show goes on

• Staff was offered $3,000 in hazard pay for Crown Jewel, according to Wrestlevotes on Fightful Select

• Fightful Select confirmed the Creeds have left WWE.

• Fightful spoke to NJPW's Yota Tsuji ahead of tonight's MLW Superfight. You can see the interview at this link.

• In addition, Court Bauer spoke with Fightful as well ahead of MLW Superfight.

• Our interview with Kacy Catanzaro also dropped, which is at this link.

• WWE did fully erase Keanu Carver from their website. He is no longer with the company and was let go a number of weeks ago.

• Wrestlevotes reported that Danhausen will be appearing as Santahausen soon.

• WWE will be celebrating Rock's 30 year anniversary in WWE later this year, per WrestleVotes.

• The Iron Survivor match is being considered for the main roster, per WrestleVotes.

• Former AEW name Rafael Morffi has joined MLW.

• Fightful reported that Enzo Amore was backstage at NXT this week, as was Joe Alonzo.

• We'd reported that Mustafa Ali's contract is up with TNA at the end of the year.

Betting Odds

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• The opening odds had Penta & Je'Von Evans as very slight favorites to become tag team champions.

• Chelsea Green and Cody Rhodes were also opening slight favorites,. Roman Reigns was the heaviest favorite, but wasn't large by wrestling standards. Within a day, Je'Von and Penta were the heaviest favorites.

• By Friday, the favorites remained.

• Bron Breakker is also the favorite to be the next person to pin or submit Oba Femi

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Crown Jewel, Other Notes

• The working plan as of Friday was for Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn to close the show for Crown Jewel. That is subject to change.

• Contrary to other reports, a number of wrestlers told us they made it clear they didn't want to be booked on this specific Saudi trip because of the dangers. We're told there was constant reassurances of safety. Some of those wrestlers ended up

• WWE brought a very slim crew of wrestlers and staff for this Crown Jewel show.

• We have confirmed that the commentary team is broadcasting from WWE HQ.

• As one would expect, Jacob Fatu is expected to return to join the Bloodline for the Survivor Series: WarGames match that is planned, but not yet announced.

• There was a spot in the Zilla Fatu promo on NXT that called for the audio levels to be elevated by production

• George Iceman's deal with TNA has actually not expired as of yet. His deal goes towards the end of the year.

• ESPN sources we spoke to were happy about the announcement of WWE expanding their partnership with Disney.

• WrestleMania date being announced today is also likely. Pollock & Thurston reported a while back there's an internal date of April 10-11.

• The planned match order is Orton vs. Rhodes, tag team title match, women's Crown Jewel and Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn.

November 6th (Taped On November 2nd) WWE SmackDown Writers And Producers

Writers:

- BAKUSAI Vignette: Sondra Lacey

- Sami Zayn, Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae backstage segment: Chad Barbash 

- CM Punk backstage interview: Abyss

- Fatal Influence backstage interview: Ioannis Filippides

- Kevin Owens backstage interview: Colin Clark

- Alexa Bliss, Tatum Paxley, Bayley and Charlotte Flair backstage segment: Ioannis Filippides

- Trick Williams and Lil Yachty backstage interview: Pat Lavin

- Rey Fenix and Johnny Gargano backstage segment: Pat Lavin

Producers:

- Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tama Tonga: Abyss

- Fatal Influence vs B-Fab and Michin: Jason Jordan

- Nathan Frazer vs Damian Priest: Kenny Dykstra

- Kevin Owens vs CM Punk: Bobby Roode vs Shawn Daivari

Other Notes:

- The show was internally titled “No Sleep Till Crown Jewel.”

November 2nd WWE RAW Writers And Producers

Writers:

- Bloodline backstage promo/946 promo: Michael Kirshenbaum and Ben Saccoccio

- Bayley and The Baddies backstage segment: Kirsten Reardon

- Judgment Day backstage interview and Bayley beatdown: Kirsten Reardon/Producer: Jason Jordan

Producers:

- Chad Gable vs Ethan Page: Jamie Noble

- Judgment Day vs Chelsea Green, Tiffany Stratton and IYO SKY: Petey Williams and Jason Jordan

- Penta, Dragon Lee and Je’Von Evans vs The Vision: Shane Helms

- Solo Sikoa vs Royce Keys: Michael Hayes

Other Notes: 

- The show was internally titled ‘The Crown.’

November 4th WWE NXT Writers And Producers

Writers:

- Shiloh Hill, CM Punk and Grayson Waller backstage segment: Brandon Carroll

- Women’s roster backstage segment: Brandon Carroll

- Chad Gable, Dragon Lee, Sean Legacy, Saquon Shugars and Tristan Angels backstage segment: Brandon Carroll

- John Cena and Kam Hendrix backstage segment: Zach Hyatt

Producers:

- Chad Gable, Dragon Lee and Rey Fenix vs The Vanity Project: Terry Taylor

- NXT Women’s Championship: Kelani Jordan vs Paige: Johnny Moss

- Dusty Classic Finals: Romeo Moreno and Noam Dar vs Hank And Tank: Steve Corino

- Unsanctioned Match: Dion Lennox vs Cruz Montana: AJ Styles

- NXT Championship match: Grayson Waller vs CM Punk: Fit Finlay

Other Notes:

- The show was internally titled ‘NXT Takeover 2026.’

Debunkathon

• These numbers are just...an outright lie. There were people implying WWE leaked those. They didn't.

• No Bloodline member is "gone from WWE." Sportskeeda sucks.

• This is largely incorrect. The roles have not been decided yet.

• Jordynne Grace didn't recently remove WWE from her social media bios. It's been gone a while. She's still with WWE.